A pair of Sammy Davis Jr. photo albums, circa 1950s. This black leather album is stamped in gold with Daviss name and Snapshots and contains a variety of images of Davis at parties, with friends, and performing.
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In this one-page typed letter signed by Frank Sinatra to Milton Berle, dated March 15, 1981, Sinatra writes to thank Berle and his wife for their testimony on his behalf in Sinatras bid to have his Nevada gaming license reinstated. In 1963, the Nevada Gaming Control Board had moved to strip Sinatras license to operate the casino at the Cal-Neva Resort in Lake Tahoe because he had been seen entertaining Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, who as a member of Nevadas List of Excluded Persons was ineligible to enter a casino. Sinatra surrendered his license and sold the casino rather than go through a public hearing.
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Oil on canvas painting by Frank Sinatra depicting a view of Earth from space. The painting is signed and dated (Sinatra 87) at lower right was a gift to Sonny Goldman, his business manager for over 35 years.
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A pair of chairs from the classic movie Casablanca. Bamboo side chairs with red, black and tan woven backrests and tan seats, with x-form stretchers and wrapped legs. One chair has a red painted wooden seat on top of the original wicker and an addition support underneath.
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A George Lucas clair NPR 16mm camera. This particular camera was used by George Lucas to shoot a documentary of the making of Francis Ford Coppolas The Rain People (1969), entitled Filmmaker (1968). While Lucas was working on The Rain People, he found an unused camera and asked Coppola if her could document the making of the film. Coppola agreed and paid Lucas out of the films still photography budget. The NPR, Noiseless Portable Reflex, was the 16mm camera of choice for documentarians in the late 1960s and '70s.
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A dark teal and beige dress with coordinating belt, worn by Teresa Wright in the Hitchcock thriller, Shadow of a Doubt, 1943. Wright is depicted wearing this dress in a central scene in the films plot, in which she discovers that her Uncle Charlie is a murderer and he confronts her about knowledge.
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A Francis Ford Coppola viewfinder used for Apocalypse Now. The Vietnam War classic was filmed in Anamorphic, an unusual widescreen format with a 1 to 2:33 ratio, and the front of the view finder has a custom matte such that when you look through the viewfinder you see what and Anamorphic lens (rather than a standard 35mm) would see. Made by B&S Japan, accompanied by a black leather case.
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A Bill Belew costume design for the jumpsuit Elvis Presley wore on his 68 Special. Modeled on a denim suit of the type Elvis often wore, this was the first of Elviss trademark jumpsuits, which Belew would design for him until Elviss death in 1977. This sketch is ink, marker and applied sequins on paper, matted and framed. Inscribed at the right, Romano / make shirt in / black cordovan leather / follow jean suit / as pattern. / Line suit in black / silk, / Saddle stitch in silk thread.
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An Errol Flynn rapier from The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. 1936. The sword made of steel with a cloth grip, together with a group of three vintage stills featuring Flynn with the rapier. The Charge of the Light Brigade was a Crimean War battle between the British light cavalry and the Russians. Openly taking creative liberties with the historical facts, the film starred Errol Flynn as Maj. Geoffrey Vickers and Olivia de Havilland as his fiance, Elsa. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and won one.
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Up for auction are a group of three Sammy Davis Jr. trunks, each with an open interior compartment, three locks and handles. Stickers on the trunks include Hilton International Wien, Eastern Airlines LAX-MIA, TWA Air Freight; Swissair checked baggage, and United Airlines, as well as multiple red Sammy stickers.
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Original pair of tablets from the movie The Ten Commandments. This pair is carved from red Mr. Sinai granite, used for publicity photographs and reference for the prop department. Director and producer Cecil B. DeMilles dedication to historical authenticity was legendary, and he charged Henry Noerdlinger to spend two years researching the appropriate sets, costumes, and props for the film. The size of the tables was based on the six handbreadths dimensions given in ancient descriptions; the writing on the tablets is in an early Canaanite script used in the 13th century B.C.
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A pair of Wallace Seawell photographs of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Gregory Peck. Each print is stamped with his signature in gold at the lower left corner. Gabor, photographed in 1958, is depicted against a hot pink backdrop, draped in white fur and jewels. Photographed the following year, Peck is more simply attired in a white shirt and black tie.
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A group of four Bill Melendez drawings of Peanuts characters drawn for Kim Dahl, a staff artist at the Bill Melendez studios in 1994. While she worked there, she would bring in goodies for everyone to eat. Finally someone mentioned that she had never been properly thanked for doing this. Bill Melendez did these drawings as his gesture of gratitude. Marker on paper.
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Thorton Hee, commonly referred to as T. Hee, was an animator, caricature artist, director, teacher and worked at Disney Studios in the late 1930s. Exceptional at caricatures, T. Hee created this watercolor and paper cut collage of the Marx Bros. throwing boxes of Toast Posties to an eager crowd. Circa 1935.
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An M-G-M celluloid from Robin Hoodwinked from 1958. Gouache on celluloid, applied to a watercolor production background, with mat inscribed An Original From the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Robin Hoodwinked starring Tom and Jerry, Best Wishes to Ben and Geri, matted and framed. Depicting Tom sneering at Jerry, who is holding a key.
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An acrylic painting on canvas by cartoonist Jim Davis of his beloved comic strip character Garfield. Signed Jim Davis at lower left and inscribed #78 / 1996 on the back.
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A watercolor drawing for the design of a beach towel by T. Hee from the 1950s. Included in the lot is the matching towel. T. Hee worked at UPA, Terrytoons and designed greeting cards and beach towels for California Artists after he left Disney Studios.
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Larry Hagmans Bohlin JR belt buckle, sterling silver, 10k yellow gold and ruby belt buckle, oval, with rope twist border centering initials JR, within a surround of flowering foliate clasps on an etched ground with a brown leather belt. This belt buckle was worn by Hagman on the original Dallas series and displayed at his memorial service at Southfork Ranch.
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Larry Hagmans Dallas script binder made by Bohlin. Brown tooled leather with handles, stamped on the front cover with Hagmans signature, Dallas, and 1978-, with sterling silver and 10kt gold JF mounts on the corners.
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This script binder was used by Hagman on the original Dallas, and currently is housing Hagmans copy of the TNT Dallas pilot script, signed by him.
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Larry Hagman was famous for playing Major Anthony Nelson on the classic 60s TV show I Dream Of Jeannie. Here is a photograph of actress Barbara Eden and Hagman together years later. Inscribed in silver ink, Dear Sweet / Talented Larry / Lets go on forever / shall we?? / Love, Barbara E. In separate lots are these replicas of the prop bottles used in the series.
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Marilyn Monroes 1941 Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School class photograph with inscription. At this time, 15 year old Marilyn went by Norma Jeane Baker and lived with Ana Lower in Westwood.
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A closer view of the class photo with Marilyn Monroe centered in the image, sixth row from the top, in the center wearing a mid-tone blazer and dark lipstick.
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A close up of Marilyn Monroes inscription on the back of the photo. It reads, To Georgie /A super, swell fellow / in fact really keen! / (I really mean it Geo.) / Norma Jeane Baker / S 41
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An original gouache portrait of Milton Berle by Boris Artzybasheff for the cover of Time Magazine. Gouache on illustration board, signed Artzybasheff at lower right, matted and framed. The same week that the issue of Time was published, Berle was also on the cover of Newsweek, becoming the first comedian to achieve that feat.
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Milton Berles Joke File 2 large upright catalogue files and two small filing cabinets, each containing thousands of jokes typewritten on 3x5 in. cards and indexed by subject. Lot includes 6 bankers boxes of loose joke file material, including cue cards and other related items.
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Meticulously maintained by Berle over the course of his long career, the joke file was considered by him to be the most valuable resource in his office.
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Large black and white photograph, displayed in a painted wood frame, of Milton Berles appearance on The Lucy Show in 1965. In this episode, entitled Lucy Saves Milton Berle, Berle masquerades as a bum as research for a movie role and Lucy meets him at a soup kitchen and drags him home with her. She has inscribed the photo, Milton / Dont forget -- / It could have / been Berilu / Love / Lucy. Berle and Ball were longtime friends, having first met (and allegedly dated briefly) in the 1930s.
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A group of vaudeville posters for Kennedy & Berle and Milton Berle. Advertising performance at the B.F. Keiths Fordham in the Bronx and the Globe Theatre in Philadelphia, among others. Elizabeth Kennedy was Berles comedy partner and the two successfully toured the vaudeville circuit in the early 1920s.
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A collection of 38 Milton Berle membership cards, largely from the late 1950s and early '60s, including: Helene Cordets Cercle de la Maison de France (a nightclub in London run by the rumored girlfriend of Prince Philip), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Hillcrest Country Club, Hollywood Comedy Club, The Brown Derby Restaurants, Tamarisk Country Club, and Saints and Sinners of Los Angeles.
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Various photographs of Milton Berle throughout his years as a comedy legend on view to prepare for the auction.
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Milton Berles drum majors jacket is comically short, made of red wool lined in silk, adorned with brass buttons and gold braid on the chest, cuffs and shoulders.
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In a running gag on The Milton Berle Show, Berle would yell Makeup! and a stagehand would hit him in the face with this giant powder puff loaded with white powder, and he would stagger around, dazed. This skit became a true pop culture trope, and has been used on shows ranging from The Brady Bunch to Family Guy, including by Berle himself when he hosted The Muppet Show in 1977.
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This bronze bust of Frank Sinatra was created by Robert Berk for the November 14, 1976 Scopus Awards ceremony where Sinatra was honored. The Scopus Award is presented by the American Friends of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, to which Sinatra donated over a million dollars in the 1970s. Berk also created the bust of John F. Kennedy displayed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as well as the sculpture of Albert Einstein at the Academy of Sciences.
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Bonhams announced its May 5th Entertainment Memorabilia auction featuring property from the Estate of Milton Berle, selections from the Estate of Larry Hagman, animation art, and items relating to Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack and Marilyn Monroe among other gems of Hollywood. Here is preview of some of the items going for auction. All photos by Nanette Gonzales.